Dear Dad,
How are you? I'm doing well.
Ever since the family show business went to ruin, the golden days seem to be forever lost. Mama is not the person I knew anymore. I don't know what happened... Everything bad, I guess. She doesn't realize that she's not the only person that misses the bedrock community in those days. I was there, even though I was young and innocent. My godmother, my aunt, Mama's friends, and all those prominent men and women were part of her life as much as they were part of mine. I think something was missing even before that. I felt it. Underneath the love and care (which are now gone), there were violent undercurrents eating at her soul. But then there was this camaraderie, this solidarity, and community during the tumultuous Civil Rights Movement. I was ignored, but I felt her genuine happiness. The dangerous happiness all turned to hate now. Mama's not wholesome... I can't stay here anymore.
I'm leaving her. I'll see you in New York.
Love,
Lisa
How are you? I'm doing well.
Ever since the family show business went to ruin, the golden days seem to be forever lost. Mama is not the person I knew anymore. I don't know what happened... Everything bad, I guess. She doesn't realize that she's not the only person that misses the bedrock community in those days. I was there, even though I was young and innocent. My godmother, my aunt, Mama's friends, and all those prominent men and women were part of her life as much as they were part of mine. I think something was missing even before that. I felt it. Underneath the love and care (which are now gone), there were violent undercurrents eating at her soul. But then there was this camaraderie, this solidarity, and community during the tumultuous Civil Rights Movement. I was ignored, but I felt her genuine happiness. The dangerous happiness all turned to hate now. Mama's not wholesome... I can't stay here anymore.
I'm leaving her. I'll see you in New York.
Love,
Lisa